Standing along the bank of the Santa Fe River near the riverside
house in southern Suwannee County his family has owned since 1967,
Kevin Brown pointed to the spot where a natural gas pipeline is
expected to cross underneath the ground.

But Brown’s brother David, a geologist, and other concerned folks
hope to persuade the company leading the project to select what they
consider a safer crossing point….

If it’s so safe, why is it so hard to find out how safe it is?
And why did injecting toxic chemicals into ground water ever get approved?
Since methane leaks out of pipelines and compressor stations, as well as wells,
it’s time to stop fracking and pipelines and get on with solar and wind power.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — In at least four states that have nurtured
the nation’s energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made
about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and
pollution was confirmed in a number of them, according to a review
that casts doubt on industry suggestions that such problems rarely
happen.